A Florida Home Goes Globetrotting

Cultures happily collide in this eclectic house.

From Africa to Australia, the decor in this home is a happy collision of international cultures. Designer Thomas Hamel mixed global finds like midcentury-modern Italian lighting with Afghan carpets and a Georgian English bookcase with an inlaid trunk from India. Check out the photos for a decorating tour around the world.

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A Strong Global Flavor

The entry sets the tone for the rest of a Vero Beach, Florida, house, decorated with a strong global flavor by Thomas Hamel, an American designer who lives in Sydney, Australia. He paired vintage 1970s sconces with African mud pots and a stone and iron Nero console from Formations.

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Hidden TV

The family room TV pops up from a custom cabinet under an Australian landscape painting.

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A Custom Headboard

A dramatic headboard, designed by Hamel, is the star attraction in the Moroccan-inspired master bedroom. It's upholstered with Fortuny's Campanelle. Behind it, a Venetian plaster wall by Carol Makris evokes polished stone. A subtle geometric frieze on the adjacent wall strikes an exotic note. An inlaid trunk from India holds two TVs. Rug from I & B Perryman.

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A Global Dressing Room

Even the dressing room vestibule is a mix of cultures—a Chinese-style bronze table by Robert Kuo, a Fortuny hanging light, an antique Italian hall chair.

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